Women

Artists are listed in alphabetical order.

Abhinaya Dance Company

Trial by Fire

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28

This performance is part of a shared bill with: Samudra Dance Creations

A dance concert performed to scintillating music featuring depictions of the Sun-god, the primal and immortal flame; Jwala Devi, a goddess worshipped in the Himalayas; and a new work on the wildfires devastating California, a direct consequence of global warming.

Alive & Well Productions / Annie Kahane

Meeting #7

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 16, 9:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 8:00 PM
Duration: 50 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $18, Advance: $21, Door: $24


A one-woman show created and performed by dance theater artist Annie Kahane, with projections by filmmaker Ethan Alesch. An orientation-leader welcomes the audience to a parody PowerPoint presentation, as if they are extraterrestrials who have just arrived on planet earth.

Amelia Romano and Guests

New Directions for Lever Harp in Chamber Music

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 10, 3:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30


An all-female cast performs an innovative program that presents the lever harp in a new light. Featuring original, classical and quartet works from Camille Saint-Saens’, "The Swan," to Piazzolla's "Oblivion" and Amelia Romano's own Latin inspired compositions. Closing with a work for quartet, piano and harp by William Grant Still.

Radical Medicine Project and Theatre Movement International

Haunting our His & Her Stories: Indigenous Children’s Boarding School & Related Experiences

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 10, 8:30 PM, Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 45 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A presentation by deCoy Gallerina that explores the circumstances and state of being of Indigenous children taken from their families and placed in boarding schools. Utilizing a magical realism format, the piece spans a century of actual accounts married with sleuthed deduction. The stories include, "Two Mason Jars" and "Hair Cutting."

Dee Spencer

The BluesFem Project: Smile Orange

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 17, 5:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A musical experience arranged and directed by jazz luminary, Dee Spencer, combining the 1976 film, Smile Orange with a live performance of the soundtrack composed by trombonist Melba Liston (1926–1999). Blending soul, R&B, jazz, pop and blues with traditional Jamaican sounds, it is Dee’s homage to Liston and author Trevor D. Rhone (1940–2009).

Diamano Coura West African Dance Company

JUSAT

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 17, 8:00 PM
Duration: 80 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A ritual performance that blends traditional West African dance with contemporary American influences and features both traditional and pop music from Senegal and Mali. A dynamic suite with four scenes that represent the cyclical stages of life’s trajectory.

Gisela Tangui

The Voodoo Cabaret

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 18, 6:00 PM
Duration: 75 minutes with intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Gisela Tangui’s compositions reflect a singular relationship to the Orishas/Loas of the African diaspora and are written to fulfill her personal spiritual quest as well as entertain, educate and inspire. Gisela incorporates extensive percussion, rock instrumentation, humor, devotion and her operatic voice to connect and uplift her audience and community.

Guta Galli

Cup of Tea

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 15, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 9:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Galli revisits her 2015 video-performance that questions laws that place boundaries on women's sexuality, caregiving and workplaces. Now bearing the body of a mother, she returns to the art scene and questions why the systemic oppression of women is still so prevalent and rape culture so widespread.

Jessica Fudim

Venomous

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 15, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 3:30 PM
Duration: 90 minutes with intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28

This performance is part of a shared bill with: Steamroller Dance Company

Her tale is more than 2,000 years old, but what would Medusa say if she could speak for herself? Jessica Fudim’s dance-theater solo, combines contemporary movement, storybook tableaus, and unabashed party dancing—playing between whimsy and darkness—as she moves Medusa’s story beyond that of a monster.

Las Almas Trio

Exploring Tango's Diversity

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 3:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Las Almas’ program reflects Sumi & Heyni’s diverse musical backgrounds and the tango journey they have taken together. They will present a mixture of classic tangos, their own compositions and specially commissioned pieces for a piano/bandoneon trio.

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Kaleidoscope! Jörg Widmann: Duos for Violin and Cello

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 8, 7:30 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A kaleidoscopic program! Miniatures by the popular contemporary composer Jörg Widmann take us on lightning fast journeys to imaginary worlds. Left Coast makes Widmann's wild new music easy to understand by connecting it to familiar work by Bach and others.

Lisa A Frias

Gratitude

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 8, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 10, 8:45 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


“Gratitude” is a cloth of hidden scars, liminal spaces and unexpected wings. From working all night restaurants and mental health agencies to over two decades in the classroom. From close calls and pitfalls, love stories and activism, to prayers, recovering and laughing.

Navaye Azadi (Voice of Freedom) Ensemble

Echoing the Voice of "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement in Iran

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 7:30 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Advance: $25, Door: $30


Navaye Azadi Ensemble presents diverse musical performances influenced by the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement in Iran. The concert includes newly arranged classical/traditional songs with lyrics inclined by the recent social issues in Iran. We are pleased to have guest artist “Shahrzad Khorsandi” performing an authentic choreography with live music.

Piñata Dance Collective

Cuatro Vientos: Middle of Nowhere

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 8, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 10, 6:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Cuatro Vientos: Middle of Nowhere, is a multimedia dance-theater production about the risk and freedom of being alone. Dancers and ceremonialists investigate the physiology of fear, the concept of freedom and finding refuge in the natural world. It is dedicated to raising awareness and building solidarity for murdered and missing women.

Ranko Ogura

HAMON-ring on the water

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 3:15 PM, Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance $25, Door: $28


A new multi-media performance representing the unifying nature of water that integrates Butoh, contemporary dance, storytelling, sound instrumentation and digital projections. A dance-journey to raise awareness on water stewardship.

Samudra Dance Creations

The Earth Speaks 2.0

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 70 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28

This performance is part of a shared bill with: Abhinaya Dance Company

"The Earth Speaks 2.0" is an evening-length oddyssey, a multi disciplinary work with dance-music-spoken word raising awareness on climate change. It has been enjoyed and appreciated by audiences across US & Canada and was nominated for the prestigious Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Company Performance

Sha Sha Higby

The Powdered Sea

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 9, 7:00 PM, Sunday, June 11, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Micro puppets depict serene forests of animals and birds followed by a stylized battle of demons of fire. After being extinguished by the oceans, the sky opens and it begins to snow. Fishes search through the remains for flying souls. What is to happen next?…as this ornate Giant watches over.

US in the U.S.

What Had Happened Was...

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 16, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 5:30 PM, Sunday, June 18, 2:30 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A production that takes the audience through a process of shedding identity. An African-AMercan orphan's journey through the past exploring generational trauma and letting go. Making choices in the present moment and navigating the future. Ultimately selecting one’s own identity or deciding not to have one at all!